diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
index ed2c3e6b800..98a42aac72a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libgpgerror, gnupg, pkgconfig, glib, pth, libassuan
 , file, which, ncurses
-, autoreconfHook, fetchpatch
-, git
 , texinfo
 , buildPackages
 , qtbase ? null
@@ -15,11 +13,11 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gpgme-${version}";
-  version = "1.12.0";
+  version = "1.13.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnupg/gpgme/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1n4c1q2ls7sqx1vpr3p5n8vbjkw6kqp8jxqa28p0x9j36wf9bp5l";
+    sha256 = "0c6676g0yhfsmy32i1dgwh5cx0ja8vhcqf4k08zad177m53kxcnl";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "info" ];
@@ -29,19 +27,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [ libgpgerror glib libassuan pth ]
     ++ lib.optional (qtbase != null) qtbase;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ file pkgconfig gnupg autoreconfHook git texinfo ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ file pkgconfig gnupg texinfo ]
   ++ lib.optionals pythonSupport [ python swig2 which ncurses ];
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-key-expiry.patch";
-      url = "https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpgme.git;a=patch;h=66376f3e206a1aa791d712fb8577bb3490268f60";
-      sha256 = "0i777dzcbv4r568l8623ar6y6j44bv46bbxi751qa5mdcihpya02";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch =''
     substituteInPlace ./configure --replace /usr/bin/file ${file}/bin/file
   '';